The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Harry Norris, conductor
Duke - Henry Lytton
Luiz - Arthur Hosking
Don Alhambra - Leo Sheffield
Marco - Derek Oldham
Giuseppe - George Baker
Antonio - Richard Walker
Francesco - Herbert Aitken
Giorgio - Ronald Stear
Duchess - Bertha Lewis
Casilda - Mavis Bennett
Gianetta - Winifred Lawson
Tessa - Aileen Davies
Fiametta - Sybil Gordon
Vittoria - Beatrice Elburn
Giulia - Doris Hemingway
Inez - Gwladys Gowrie
Victor 78rpm Album C-16
Recorded in London,
August 30 - September 29, 1927
ACT I
Overture
List and learn
Good morrow, pretty maids
For the merriest fellows are we
See, see, at last they come to make thier choice
Buon' giorno, Signorine!
We're called gondolieri
And now to choose our brides!
Are you peeping?
My papa he keeps three horses
Thank you, gallant gondolieri
From the sunny Spanish shore
In enterprise of martial kind
O rapture
There was a time
I stole the Prince
But, bless my heart
Try we life-long
Bridegoom and bride!
When a merry maiden marries
Kind sir, you cannot have the heart
Do not give way
Then one of us will be a Queen
Now, pray, what is the cause
Replying we sing
For everyone who feels inclined
Come let's away
Now Marco dear
Then away they go
ACT II
Of happiness the very pith
Rising early in the morning
Take a pair of sparkling eyes
Here we are, at the risk of our lives
After sailing to this island--
Dance a cachucha
There lived a King
In a contemplative fashion
With ducal pomp
On the day that I was wedded
To help unhappy commoners
I am a courtier grave and serious
Here is a case unprecedented!
Now let the loyal lieges gather round
Once more gondolieri